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World Youth Chess Championships 2013
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:27 pm
by Gordon Cadden
The United Arab Emirates will be sponsoring the Championships. 17th - 29th December. Looks like Christmas is cancelled this year.
Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:44 pm
by LawrenceCooper
Gordon Cadden wrote:The United Arab Emirates will be sponsoring the Championships. 17th - 29th December. Looks like Christmas is cancelled this year.
Where were the dates published?
Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:02 pm
by Matthew Turner
Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:56 am
by Gordon Cadden
Yes - best to find the correct information in Abu Dhabi,
http://www.worldyouth2013.com
Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:56 am
by Matthew Turner
I must defend the virtues of the Welsh Chess Union. The website you quoted doesn't even have dates on it!
Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:19 am
by Roger de Coverly
It's on the FIDE site
http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... menia.html
in which
The UAE Chess Federation advised that they had made an agreement with the University which meant that they were only able to hold the World Youth at the end of December 2013. They also confirmed that all participants would get free food and lodging. The PB reluctantly agreed to this change of dates;
Personally I think that FIDE should put in stronger "break" clauses in the agreements when it awards events. So if an organiser cannot meet the original dates or financial commitments, then the event is taken away from them, or at the very least they are marked down for future bids.
Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:29 am
by Gordon Cadden
The original dates was set for August, but I understand there was a F.I.D.E. EGM last week, with proposals to switch the event to December.
We shall have to await clarification from Abu Dhabi.
Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:40 pm
by Gordon Cadden
According to the F.I.D.E. Calendar, the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2013, is scheduled for Chongqing, China 21st - 31st. July.
